Garage tips, questions, maintenance and set up

Though it might be an idea to have a thread specific to garages in terms of upgrades tools equipment. Ect.

I’ll start off

My 60 gallon air compressor is in its temporary location. Eventually I’m building a little side room off one end of my shop to put the compressor as well as air exchange equipment/ dust collection.

I really don’t want to lag into the floor right now since again it’s in a temp location but with the new smooth floor I can’t get the compressor to stop dancing around and rattling

Any suggestions on how to keep it in place and quiet?

Grab a large pallet and bolt it down to the pallet temporarily. If you wanna get real "fancy" build some temp walls around it on pallet and stuff with batt insulation to deaden sound.

Vibration isolators did wonders for mine. Bolted to the isolators, but the isolators aren’t bolted down. Hasn’t moved at all.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Garage-Pr...4CFAB854-L.jpg

Also had my compressor balanced. That also made a huge improvement both for noise and ‘dancing’

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Originally Posted by Laffs

Grab a large pallet and bolt it down to the pallet temporarily. If you wanna get real "fancy" build some temp walls around it on pallet and stuff with batt insulation to deaden sound.

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I didn’t try a pallet but just some block of wood. Made it worse. Lol damn thing tried to make a break for it out the door. Power cord was like leash on a dog.

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Originally Posted by RedSN

Vibration isolators did wonders for mine. Bolted to the isolators, but the isolators aren’t bolted down. Hasn’t moved at all.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Garage-Pr...4CFAB854-L.jpg

Also had my compressor balanced. That also made a huge improvement both for noise and ‘dancing’

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Are they specific for compressors? That might do the trick

Edit. Looks like my Princess auto shopping list is growing.

Universal. I think I got them off Grainger.

https://www.grainger.ca/en/product/F...TOR/p/GGM4C877